Shoe with a purse or pocket



y 12, 1955 F. SOLOMON SHOE WITH A PURSE OR POCKET Filed Jan. 16, 1953HE; E.

INVENTOR. Fran/s 501m BY United States Patent O 2,712,700 SHOE WITH APURSE OR POCKET Frank Solomon, Brookiine, Mass. Application January 16,1953, Serial No. 331,644 2 Claims. (Cl. 36-1) The present inventionrelates to a shoe or slipper in which a small purse designed so that itis attractively incorporated into the shoe or slipper is formed. Whileit is not new to have a purse combined with a shoe, it has been commonpractice to make such purses or pockets in the sides of the shoe and notin the position and form as in the present invention.

In the present arrangement the construction is such that the pocket isneatly and practically incorporated in the vamp of the shoe just behindthe section which might be called the toe cap and in front of the throatof the shoe.

The invention will be more fully appreciated from the description as setforth below when taken in connection with the drawings illustrating anembodiment of the same, in which:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the shoe, and

Figure 2 shows a sectional view taken substantially on the line 22 ofFigure 1.

In the arrangement indicated in the drawings, the shoe 1 may be of theordinary type, a pump, oxford, slipper, boot or shoe, and the inventionis preferably applied to ladies and misses novelty shoes.

At the front of the shoe on the instep just behind or as a part of thetoe cap, an ornamental design may be formed of any desired distinctivepattern. In the drawings there is shown a vamp 2 punched with a seriesof holes 3, showing a square or rectangular outline surrounding thepiece 4 which forms the front of the purse pocket, but is in itself apart of the vamp 2 of the shoe. This may further be decorated bytriangular punched out elements 5, 6, and 7. The design describedcomprising the outside of the purse element is only one of variousdesigns which may be used. instead of a punched out pattern in the vampa print or embossed decorative pattern may be used and this may be inany desired shape as for instance a part of a circle, oval,heart-shaped, leaf-shaped or any other suitable desired design.

At the top of the face element of the pocket 4 in the vamp is a slit 5which runs horizontally cross-wise of the vamp centrally symmetricallywith the center line of the shoe through the vamp. This defines thepocket opening and is of such a length that small change or the like maybe inserted. This pocket opening which is cut in the vamp has a backface 8 of the pocket inserted through it. The material of the back face8 which is inserted through the pocket opening 5 is of the same width asthe opening 5 so that it extends fully across the pocket opening. Theback face or wall of the pocket extends downward and covers the fullarea as defined by the face 4 of the pocket. A double row of stitches 9and 10 attaches the back Wall of the pocket to the center face of thevamp. This row of stitches extends all around the sides and bottom ofthe member 8 to close the three sides of the pocket. At the opening 5the back wall member 8 which is carried through the pocket openingextends slightly above the edge designated as 11 and is stitched acrossthe vamp as indicated at 12. The continuation of the material 8 of theback of the pocket provides the flap 13 for covering the pocket. Thestitching 12 slightly beyond the opening provides a clearance for theflap 13 from the top edge 11 of the pocket so that the closure of theflap will be positioned above the edge of the pocket and thereforeprovide an enlarged pocket opening. The flap 13 may be of any desireddesign to conform to the pocket and may be closed by a snap fastenermember 14, part of which is attached to the section 14 and part of theflap 13. Other suitable closure means may be employed as for instance azipper, button or tie arrangement.

One of the features in the present invention is that the pocket ispositioned at a place in the shoe where the foot has normally a naturaldepression and further because of this the pocket space may be containedbeneath rather than over the vamp itself. T 's makes for extremeneatness in design so that the shoe as a novelty is extremelyattractive. This depression is just behind the metatarsal joints in theregion just above the base of the toes of the foot.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. In combination with a shoe, a pocket purse formed with the outer faceof the purse as a part of the vamp material just forward of the throatof the shoe and back of the toe cap, an opening cut in the vamptransversely just back of the throat of the shoe, a piece of materialforrrnng the back wall of the purse secured to the underside of the vampon all but the side where the opening is situated, and having a flapextending through the opening and lying over the vamp in the directionof the throat of the shoe, a row of stitching across the flap securingit to the vamp between the opening and the throat of the shoe, said flapbeing folded forward towards the toe cap and means fastening it down onthe vamp at the front part of the pocket.

2. In combination with a shoe, a pocket purse formed on the vampextending backwards in the direction of the throat of the shoecomprising a piece of material forming the back wall of the pursesecured around its periphery on three sides and extending through anopening across the vamp and secured adjacent the opening forming thefourth side of the pocket, said material extending through the openingforming a cover for said purse with means securing said cover to thevamp.

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